I live in Honolulu. I dont' know if that's considered small, but the neighborhood where I live is small. Houses are so close we can always hear what everyone else is doing. You're right in that I should probably take a cane, but in the incident I was mentioning, I didn't think that even a cane would've been the solution. There was no way for me to go around, unless I went two-thirds way into the street. And I don't think I should have to risk my safety because people are being dumb. Am I being close-minded here? Just my opinion.
Natalie B. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." -Reinhold Niebuhr----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth and Burton" <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: The odd things people do
You must live in a very small town. People do illegal things here all the time like running lights. Perhaps taking a cane is a good idea just for you to have a means of knowing when the environment changes.E. At 12:38 AM 12/5/2006, you wrote:List,This evening I was walking my dog when I remembered an incident that happened to me about a year or so ago. Just thinking about it makes me upset, and I really need to share this experience with others.About a year ago I put my beagle on his leash, grabbed some poop bags and proceeded to exit my front gate. I didn't take my cane with me, as I've gotten into the habit of leaving it at home. I only go around the block, and know the area so well that it's not necessary. Anyway, I walked down the street and came to an abrupt stop. Putting out my hand, I felt in front of me and felt, to my utter astonishment, the hood of a car! At first I thought maybe my beagle, in the excitement of his walk, had gone vertical and I was facing the wrong way. But after trying to scoot around the car, but to no success, for I then came up against the side of my neighbor's truck, which is always parked on the side of the street. I was baffled. I had no idea what was going on, and since I couldn't go anywhere, I turned right around and went straight back home, much to the disappointment of my dog. When I got home, I asked my mother to call the neighbor, since this obstruction was mmore or less in front of his driveway. She made the call, and then informed me that the neighbor had been expecting a couple of people over to discuss some kind of business. And the fools had parked their compact car directly on the sidewalk. I mean, it was directly, full-on smack dab on the sidewalk!Everyone, I cannot even begin to describe the irritation and annoyance I felt that someone could have been so rude, so unmindful of others, that they would deliberately park their car on a public sidewalk!To this day it still makes me annoyed, and even more so because no one had the opportunity to tell those people what they did was dumb and not to mention illegal.Natalie B. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." -Reinhold NiebuhrTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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